Trees
In the Tropical Rain Forest the trees are really interesting. One interesting tree is the kapok tree. The kapok tree adapts in the rain forest because it is about 200 feet tall. It is dark in the rain forest but because the kapok tree is so tall it reaches above the other trees and the sun gives it food. Inside the seedcase is fruit. The seed case is hard and silk cotton. Only strong animals can open the seed case. |
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Next, I will tell you about the Bromeliad. The Bromeliad plant adapts in the rain forest because it has an urn, like a vase, in its center. The urn helps it adapt because the insects fall inside the urn and make minerals. Also, because the color is green and mostly plant color. It also has stiff, spiky leaves. The height of the Bromeliad is 30 inches, or seventy eight centimeters. Also, it has tiny flowers on it. Last but not least, the urn is pollinated by insects. If you do not know what pollinate means, it means bees get pollen from the flowers, so the bees get food and the flowers can make new seeds so they live on. To sum it up, all those were the most interesting facts.
Weather
In the desert, tropical rain forests and temperate forests, the weather is not all the same.
First of all the desert can have no rain for years. The desert is dry in some places. Plants have spikes on them instead of leaves, to stop the sun from drying them up. The plants are not that tall.
In the rain forest it rains more than 80 inches a year. It can rain three hundred to four hundred inches a year in some rain forests. It is always like summer, warm and humid in the rain forest. In the temperate forest it can rain 30 to 40 inches a year. The temperate forest has four seasons, winter, spring, fall and summer. In conclusion the temperate forests, tropical rain forests and deserts' main differences are the amount of sunshine each area receives.
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